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In Kazakhstan, Jews span miles to create community
The geographic challenge to reach the 15,000 to 20,000 Jews in this vast land of 15 million, and unite them with a notion of a cohesive community, touches virtually every aspect of Jewish life today. Read more »
A shared destiny among Jews, Kazakhs
In Kazakhstan, Jews and Muslims live side by side with good relations that date back decades. Read more »
Kazakhstan seen as bridge to Muslim world
As Kazakhstan jockeys to be a major energy producer, observers often cite the Central Asian nation as a moderate Muslim bridge to the Islamic world. Read more »
Fears of another Durban
Jewish activists are increasingly worried that a major U.N. anti-racism conference planned for April will mimic the 2001 Durban gathering that notoriously singled out Israel with the most incendiary language. Read more »
Vitriol may follow Israel to Geneva
While it's too early to tell which groups hostile to Israel will show up at the anti-racism follow-up conference to Durban next year, at least two hint at what treatment awaits the Jewish state in Geneva. Read more »
Ford funding to Jewish groups
The Ford Foundation has doled out millions in grants to Jewish groups following a 2003 JTA series on its funding of pro-Palestinian groups that vilified Israel in Durban. Here are some of the beneficiaries. Read more »
Linking Israel to South Africa
Linking Israel to the former apartheid state of South Africa can be traced back to the late 1960s, when the Soviet anti-Zionist campaign found common cause with Arab world grievances at the United Nations. Read more »
Questions about New Israel Fund grantees
The New Israel Fund, which receives millions of dollars from the Ford Foundation, faces a similar dilemma as the foundation: Some of its grantees may cross the line into anti-Israel demonization. Read more »
Ford Foundation still funding anti-Israel groups
Seven years after an anti-racism conference in Durban devolved into an Israel hate-fest by groups backed by the Ford Foundation, the influential philanthropy is still funding groups that engage in the 'Durban strategy' to portray Israel as a racist state Read more »
Finding community at a Hungarian camp
JTA correspondent Michael J. Jordan was gratified to see his two young sons find their Jewishness a comfortable fit at the renowned Camp Szarvas in Hungary. What he didn't expect was that their parents also would feel their first sense of belonging to a J Read more »
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Updated 05/24/12 @ 04:11PM EST
- Jewish groups called on Israel to protect African migrants in Israel after riots in Tel Aviv.
- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel is returning campaign donations under investigation by federal authorities.
- A new survey suggests that Germans have lost some love for Israel over the past three years.
- An Arab-Israeli immigrant to the United States was found guilty of murder in Michigan.
- Israel's Arava Power Company has closed on financing for eight solar power projects worth $204 million.
- U.S. Jewish groups condemn anti-African violence in Tel Aviv
- Mandel returns funds under investigation
- Obama’s same-sex marriage nod echoes historic Catholic-Jewish debate
- Survey: Israel losing ground with Germans
- Israeli Arab guilty of murder in Michigan
- Israel’s Arava firm finances $204 million for solar projects
- Israel will solve African migrant problem, Netanyahu assures
- Senate distinguishes between Palestinian refugees and descendants
